HomeMy WebLinkAboutYouth Advisory Board - Minutes - 03/06/2019YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Foothills Activity Center, 241 E Foothills Pkwy, 80525
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1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Katie Ko at 5:30 pm
2. ROLL CALL
a. Katie Ko, Vivian Bear, Suhaas Narayanan, Emily Winn, Kaustubh Kaushik
b. Members Absent – Sam Hammock, Milan Khosla
c. Staff Present - Tim Stabbe (Senior Supervisor Recreation), Christine Macrina
(Boards and Commissions Coordinator)
d. Community Members Present – CSU Students Observing for Government
course
3. AGENDA REVIEW – none
4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION – CSU students observing the meeting
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Safety for Teen Workers (Roberta Smith)
• Safety information for students for on the job training
o Presented to FBLA, YMCA leadership
o Workplace safety: how do we reach out to students about this issue?
o Pay attention to workplace training to avoid injury (main message to students)
• How can we reach students with safety messages?
o Many students learn by example and don’t have specific training
o Would more training “do the trick”
o Sometimes students learn bad habits from older employees
o Childcare is an important way that students have employment: keep people safe
o PWR (Woodward governor resources)
o Career and Financial Planning, Financial Life Management Classes might be a good
avenue
o Shop classes (metals) and this could be a good thing on top of the initial safety
information.
o Students have major changes when they turn 18. Teen employees have different
rights than adult workers.
o Katie: Lab safety is lacking in school and this can tie into lab internships that are
offered through the PWR program at PSD.
b. Free TransFort and MAX Rides for City Volunteers (Christine Macrina)
• As long as you have a valid picture ID, as a city volunteer you get free TransFort and MAX
rides.
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TYPE OF MEETING – (REGULAR, WORKSESSION, SPECIAL)
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c. “Boards and Commissions Introductory Training” Video
• NLC last year: How does local government work? We didn’t know.
• Mayor/City Council Government
• Ordinances must be voted on twice
• Jodi Heart is our city attorney liaison
d. “Fort Collins Respectful Workplace Policy” Review
• Review of sexual harassment policies in the City of Fort Collins
• Purpose: educate the workforce about policies within the city and what the laws say about
behavior. Put city employees in a safe environment to report sexual or cultural harassment
or discrimination.
• They are planning on training boards and commissions members in June 2019 (then every
two year renewal of training)
• 2013-2018: 31 over 5 years have been reported
6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Move to next month
7. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
a. Leadership Tip of the Month (Katie Ko)
• Northern Colorado Diversity Conference (April 20)
• Balancing the idea of “majority rule” and compromise
• Ensure minority voices aren’t oppressed moving forward
• Narayanan will take the leadership tip of the month for April. Kaushik will take it for May.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. City Council Meeting Calendar: Discuss the success of going to the City Council meetings in
February. Assign new board member to take over on updating the calendar.
• Can we have someone update this just so we can stay tuned in to what is happening with
City Council.
• Kaushik said that he can update the calendar and move the process forward. Get it done
by March 9th or 10th.
b. Community Chalkboard
• The mall has offered to paint a section of the wall with chalkboard paint.
• Unveiling at March 30th, 2019. 9am.
• Darren and the Mayor have already RSVP'd.
o Send them talking points.
• John Gaffney may speak as well.
• Mural on the chalkboard for the unveiling.
• Winn can reach out to Fort Collins High School NAHS. Send them an email tomorrow.
• We will have a final Community Chalkboard follow up meeting on March 26th at 5:30-6:30.
c. National League of Cities
• April 9th Narayanan and Kaushik are slotted to present to City Council about NLC.
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TYPE OF MEETING – (REGULAR, WORKSESSION, SPECIAL)
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9. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (COMMITTEES, EVENT ATTENDANCE, ETC.)
a. None
10. OTHER BUSINESS (BOARD MEMBER CONCERNS, ANNOUNCEMENTS)
a. None
11. ADJOURNMENT: Ko motions to adjourn at 6:49pm. Winn seconds.
Respectfully submitted by: Emily Winn, Vice Chairman
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